All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

The new Technology Product Awards, Computing's only awards with the winners chosen by you, our readers, were a great success.

The lucky shortlistees attended a drinks reception before sitting down for lunch in the glamorous Montcalm Hotel near Marble Arch to hear the winners announced. We have a full list of winners elsewhere on the site, but you can see each company receiving their award - and a few other shots from the afternoon - right here.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

We began with a champagne reception...

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

It was a great opportunity for networking and catching up with old friends.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

As well as a bit of peacocking...

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Everyone enjoyed lunch, after the opening speech by our own Tom Allen.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Once everyone was sated, it was time for comedy with the excellent Andrew Bird - who owns two pet humans and three chickens called Nugget, Nando and Zinger.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Citrix Virtual Apps and Virtual Desktops took the first award of the event: Best Virtualisation Product.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Citrix swept up another award for Best Cloud Service.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Then it was Mimecast's turn, taking Best Cloud Security Product.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

METCloud took Best Cloud Computing Provider...

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

And Zoho won Best Business Application.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Pivotal iQ was our first highly commended, but Hortonworks won Best Business Intelligence / Analytics Vendor.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

The Best Software-as-a-Service Provider award went to Loqate!

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

FreeAgent took Best Business Software Provider.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Tessian won the hotly-contested Best AI/Machine Learning Provider category.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

McObject was our IoT Vendor of the Year.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

EE won Best Networking or Communications Provider.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Red Hat picked up the Best Business Storage Award.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Another highly commended was announced for Best Security Product - SMB, for Kaspersky Labs - but Malwarebytes was the winner.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

XQ Cyber won the Security Innovation of the Year award.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Mimecast swept the next two awards, first taking Best Business Security Provider...

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Then adding Best Business Backup and Continuity Provider to the trophy cabinet.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Loqate's Stuart Nash won the sole award for an individual, named as our Technology Hero of the Year.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Although Razer (Europe) GmbH took the highly commended, it was Boston Limited who won the Technology Product of the Year Award.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Silver Peak won the Customer Project of the Year Award, with a highly commended going to On the Dot.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

Natterbox was named Technology Innovator of the Year in our penultimate award.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

And finally, Red Hat Fuse 7 won the prestigious Product of the Year category.

All the winners from the Technology Product Awards 2018 - in pictures

The afternoon event, with winners chosen by our readers, was a great success

All that was left to do at the end of the day was for our winners to relax with a well-earned drink - but the technology world moves quickly, and they will have to stay on their toes to retain their titles in 2019.